Author: Newley

O.J. Simpson says: “For years, I’ve been pretty sure that I did not murder my wife.”

If you enjoy Apple’s “Switch” campaign (which urges unhappy PC users to try Macs), you may also like the Japanese version of their ads. No clue what they’re saying, but the spots are funny.

I saw the incredibly good WILCO at the 9:30 Club last night. And then I had a chili cheeseburger at Ben’s Chili Bowl. I am a happy man.

“WHY I WRITE: TC Boyle, Roger Ebert, Lawrence Block, Tod Goldberg, Will Leitch, Claire Zulkey, Rob Walker, James Norton, Jade Walker, John Scalzi, Bob Sassone and Marty Beckerman on why they put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard.” Some great stuff here.

First, Frank Rich, writing in the New York Times Magazine, says that DC sucks–and that New York City is “The De Facto Capital.” Then Slate’s Timothy Noah says “New York Is Not the Nation’s Capital–Frank Rich has it wrong.” My thoughts, having lived in New York and now living in DC: this is much ado about nothing. Washington and Gotham are vastly different cities, and one isn’t better than the other. In Des Moines and Phoenix and Atlanta and Detroit, no one cares about this stuff.

SpongeBob SquarePants: the new Tinky Winky.

“Point-Counterpoint: Wines.”

Nine years ago, James Tiu quit his job as a lawyer to sell vegetarian burritos on the street. Now he uses his legal acumen to advocate for other Washington, DC street vendors.

People build some crazy stuff with LEGOs. There’s the LEGO desk, the LEGO version of M.C. Escher’s “Ascending and Descending,” and, perhaps most amazingly, Henry Lim’s completely functional LEGO harpsichord. (And don’t miss Lim’s 14-foot-long, 6-foot-tall LEGO Stegosaurus.)

SeatGuru.com is a tremendously useful site. It provides precise descriptions of every seat on planes flown by American, Continental, Delta, US Air, and United. An indispensable resource, especially for long flights.